2022 Prytanean Homecoming Lecture
Professor G. Cristina Mora, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies will be presenting a lecture on Latinos and the Future of the US Racial Landscape as the Prytanean Homecoming Lecture. The event will be both on campus and streamed virtually, Friday, 09/23/22, from 12pm-1pm.
Latinos and the Future of the US Racial Landscape
In the coming decade, Latinx communities are poised to make up just over 20 percent of the nation’s population. However, lingering questions about inequality, identity, and the role that Latinos play in visions of racial justice and multiracial democracy remain. This talk examines these issues, showing how the construction of race and ethnicity in America has historically served as a mechanism for reinforcing Latinx inequality and institutionalized racism more broadly. Drawing on census, public opinion, and polling data, this work reveals how critical Latinx issues are for understanding the racial future of the nation.
About Professor Mora
G. Cristina Mora is Associate Professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies and the Co-Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley. She completed her B.A. in Sociology at Cal in 2003 and earned her PhD in Sociology from Princeton University in 2009. Her award-winning research focuses mainly on questions of census racial classification, immigration, and Latino politics in the United States and Europe. Her book, Making Hispanics, provides the first historical account of the rise of the “Hispanic/Latino” panethnic category in the United States, and has also been the subject of numerous national media segments.
The event will be held on campus and streamed virtually, Friday, 09/23/22, from 12pm-1pm.
Event is open to all registered Homecoming guests including the public.
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Virtual passes are free and include all virtual lectures and learning opportunities.
In-person is $35 per person and FREE for Cal students and includes access to lecturers and learning opportunities, museums, libraries, tours, golf cart service, and amenities at Homecoming Headquarters.
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